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South African Students' Congress

The University of Johannesburg is to investigate allegations of racist incidents on campus, where black students say they are "living in a climate of fear", reports The Star.South African Students' Congress chairperson Xolani Mkhwemnte said there had been "racially motivated incidents" on the university's Kingsway campus recently including, he alleged, the beating of black students by white students in a bar at a hall of residence, the harassment of black students walking home at night and the verbal and physical abuse of senior black Sasco members.

Xolani Mkhwemnte chairperson of the South African Students' Congress told the Johannesburg based Star newspaper that black students at the university's Kingsway campus had been beaten by white students in a bar at a hall of residence.He said the harassment of black students walking home at night and the verbal and physical abuse of senior black student members had become common.

Xolani Mkhwemnte chairperson of the South African Students' Congress told the Johannesburg based Star newspaper that black students at the university's Kingsway campus had been beaten by white students in a bar at a hall of residence.He said the harassment of black students walking home at night and the verbal and physical abuse of senior black student members had become common.

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I studied at the university mentioned in the article and the statement by Xolani is nothing short of fantasy.

South African Students' Congress (Sasco) chairperson Xolani Mkhwemnte said he was walking in front of the Dromedaris residence on the campus when an older student indicated with his finger that he wanted him to come over.

"I ignored him, so he walked over and said to me, 'Do you know me?' I said 'no'.He then started pushing me, swearing at me and telling me he was going to kill me.Then he pushed me into the bushes, saying 'You are a Bushman, you belong in the bushes'," Mkhwemnte said.

The second-year student said that during the incident, a group of Afrikaans youths sat nearby and cheered his attacker on.He has laid a charge of assault and intimidation with the police.

On Monday April 14, two students were attacked in apparent racist incidents at the Oppierif male residence.

Twenty-year-old Khotso Nhlapo was sitting in his room with friends while there was a party downstairs.Nhlapo left his room and walked down the stairs, where he saw two white students pushing and punching two black students.